RJ Corman EMD's shove hard on the rear of fresh coal loads bound for the CSX at Thurmond. It took them three attempts to get these 50 loads up the grade out of Pax.

Helpers were usually added to trains at Farm or at Flat Top Yard, but the grade stiffened here and they really had to put "out their back into it" from here to the top of the grade in d... (more)

As if showing the newbies around, veteran ex N&W unit leads two new GP59s at the head of an intermodal train pulling the grade after crossing the Green River.

A westbound covered hopper train is heeling into the curve on the mainline as it heads through the many curves, hills and hollers that lead to Williamson.

Back before PSR, when this was a vibrant through route a former N&W celebrity throttles up to conquer the famous loops to the east. I will all end with SER, Super Efficient Railroading, in which ... (more)

Just north of the little hamlet double track begins even to this day. Here a northbound ballast train roars by at this favorite site. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

West of Marion there is a short stretch of track which has to dodge sink holes by tiptoeing along the crags, resulting in "squiggles" which slow trains down as they pull the short grade ... (more)

Three DC motors haul an eastbound coal train beginning its trip along the Sandhills Sub several miles east of Alliance. Fuji Astia.

Snoot nose SD40-2 operated as a remote controlled unit at BNSF North Yard, Fort Worth

A set of power rolls west after coming through the tunnel, where the rusted bearings make a ghostly squeal as the abandoned steam-era exhaust fans turn in the wind. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, fro... (more)

A rather unique SD40-2 of Colorado Southern vintage, 7840 along with 7149 were rebuilt as dual-fuel locomotives able to run with LNG or diesel and classed as DF40-2s, however, the 7890 is back to ... (more)

Santa Fe 5126 waits for a signal to enter the yard in San Bernardino.

A former Southern unit is pushing a huge train of "silversides" up the grade that summits at "Big Cut", just short of the siding at Dan'l Boone, once the home of a small yard a... (more)

Pan Am Railways EDRJ pulling up to CPF 423 to tie down for the day

Activity is a plenty in the biggest yard on BNSF; Argentine Yard. Around the bowl, we see locomotives from BNSF, UP, and the Kansas City Terminal, who just brought over interchange traffic from t... (more)